It stands for what the student(s) already know about the given to
It allows students to list off as much information as they can about the topic
This is the part of the chart that shows pre-assessment
Want to know
This is the part that drives the lesson
This is where students show what they want to learn about the topic
The teacher can guide learning ideas by saying anything like, "Do you know who/when/why/what/how this works? Do we want to find out? What specifically do we want to find out about this?"
Learned
This is where the students can list all the facts that they learned about the topic
It can be listed in paragraph/sentence form or just a list of ideas
This is the part of the chart that shows post assessment
This chart can be filled in with words, pictures, a combination of both or any other way that ideas can be displayed and interpreted by another person.
Students can use this chart to create a final project, such as an essay or drawing
This displays information in a chronological order, in relation to how and what the students learned
This chart can be altered to fit an age, topic, subject, cognitive level anything
An example KWL Chart:
See Comprehension for more KWL resources